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Appeared in the May 27, 2026, print edition as 'Insurance Executive Sentenced To 12 Years'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Sentenced to 30 years for military rebellion, he was expelled from the Civil Guard and stripped of his rank.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Sentenced to life, Buono died in prison in 2002, at age 67.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025
Sentenced to two and a half years, Dadin was placed in a punishment cell and immediately went on hunger strike.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024
Sentenced to five years’ seclusion in the Franciscan convent at Guadalajara, he began an epic poem entitled Pelayo, of which fragments survive.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
